Comments on: Unnecessary Testing

By: ms anthrope

ms anthrope — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:32:02 +0000

Something about dehydration that reduces the pressure, and thus symptoms, of diseases like PE, CHF, etc.

By: WhiteCoat

WhiteCoat — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:20:34 +0000

Hey – I know right where my nuts are at all times, thank you very much.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:19:03 +0000

I agree…and with her acute kidney injury from the dehydration and that contrast load I hope she didn’t end up on dialysis…

By: Genz

Genz — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:05:08 +0000

I remember a few patients similar to this one: asymptomatic with incidental finding of massive PE on a chest CT ordered for something totally unrelated. Wonder what is the clinical significance of this.

By: ThorMD

ThorMD — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:51:12 +0000

I wish I could say this never happened to me…..the radiology tech pulled me aside as he was bringing back “bed 1″ and said, whoa – bad head bleed, huh? Bed 1 was someone who the preceding doc conveniently forgot to tell me about at change of shift……

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:04:44 +0000

Shall we refer to you as “Dr BlindSquirrel” for today?